SENATE DOCKET, NO. 223        FILED ON: 1/14/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 326

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_________________

PRESENTED BY:

Marc R. Pacheco

_________________

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act establishing a moratorium for Commonwealth charter schools.

_______________

PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

 

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

 

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

 

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

 

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

 

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

 

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

 

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

 

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

 

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

 

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

 

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

 

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

 

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

 

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

 

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

 

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

 

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

 

Thomas M. McGee

Third Essex

 

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

 

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

 

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

 

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

 

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

 

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

 

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

 

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

 

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

 

Thomas P. Kennedy

Second Plymouth and Bristol

3/4/2015

Kenneth J. Donnelly

Fourth Middlesex

10/6/2015

Eileen M. Donoghue

First Middlesex

10/22/2015


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 223        FILED ON: 1/14/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 326

By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 326) of Marc R. Pacheco, Frank I. Smizik, Denise Provost, Ann-Margaret Ferrante and other members of the General Court for legislation to establish a moratorium for charter schools.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 257 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

_______________

In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

_______________

 

An Act establishing a moratorium for Commonwealth charter schools.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 71, Section 89, subsection (ii) of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking in its entirety and replacing in place thereof the following:

"(ii) No teacher shall be hired by a commonwealth charter school who is not certified pursuant to Section 38G in accordance with all the rules and regulations of the board of elementary and secondary education.”

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the authority of the board of education to grant commonwealth charters to an applicant pursuant to section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws shall be suspended until September 1, 2018.